JE S S ICA S HU M AKE

University of Notre Dame

University Writing Program,
219 Coleman Morse Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556
jshumake@nd.edu
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
• Assistant Teaching Professor, University Writing Program and Affiliate Faculty in Gender
Studies Program, University of Notre Dame, 2018–present
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Oakland University, 2017–2018
• Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Arizona, 2015–2017
• Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition (tenure track), Georgia College and State
University, 2014–2015

EDUCATION
PhD Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona

MA Philosophy, University of Windsor

Concentration: Argumentation

BA English and Philosophy, Christopher Newport University,

cum laude, double major

PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Shumake, Jessica, and Rachael W. Shah. “Reciprocity and Power Dynamics: Community
Members Grading Students.” Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and
Service Learning. vol. 17, no. 2, 2017, pp. 5–42. (50%)

Shumake, Jessica. “Archival Research as a Queer Practice: ‘Pull Here.’” The Writing Instructor:
A Networked Journal and Digital Community for Writers and Teachers of Writing, 2015,
http://www.writinginstructor.org/shumake-2015-03.

Shumake, Jessica. “Reconceptualizing Rhetoric, Communication, and Argumentation from a

Feminist Perspective.” Guidance & Counselling, vol. 17, no. 4, 2002, pp. 399–404. Reprinted
with permission in iSpeak: Public Speaking for Contemporary Life. Ed. Scott Titsworth.
McGraw-Hill, 2003.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND REFEREED PROCEEDINGS

Shumake, Jessica. “Teaching Memories that Smell Like Gasoline: Holding Space for Inner
Rhetorics.” Trigger Warnings Anthology. [Accepted, January 2024]

Shumake, Jessica. “Hiding and Seeking Rhetorical Visibility of LGBTQ People at the
Smithsonian.” Re/Framing Identifications: Rhetoric Society of America Proceedings, edited
by Michelle Ballif, Waveland Press, 2014, pp. 221–229.

Shumake, Jessica. “Writing for the Public: Argumentation and Imagination.” Writing Public
Lives: From Personal Interests to Public Rhetoric. 3rd ed., edited by Chris Minnix and Carol
Nowotny-Young. Hayden-McNeil, 2012, pp. 255–278.
Shumake, Jessica, and Linda Carozza. “Negotiating Safe Space in an Unsafe Place.”
Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Feminist Research Conference, edited by Charlene Senn,
Feminist Research Group, 2004, pp. 1–30. (50%)

Shumake, Jessica. “Support, Adversariality, and Negotiation of Meaning on an Academic

Mailing List.” Informal Logic at 25, edited by J. Anthony Blair et al., Ontario Society for the
Study of Argumentation, 2003, pp. 1–20.

REVIEWS AND REVIEW ESSAYS

Shumake, Jessica. Review of Timothy Laquintano’s Mass Authorship and the Rise of Self-
Publishing. Community Literacy Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, Fall 2017, pp. 100–103.

Shumake, Jessica. Review of “Visual Rhetoric for Social Change in the Writing Classroom”
CCCC 2016, Panel J. 24. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, vol. 21,
no. 2, 2017.

Shumake, Jessica. Review Essay: “A Saunter Through History: Tourists of History: Memory,
Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero and Down in the Dumps: Place,
Modernity, American Depression.” TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 22,
2009, pp. 209–214.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Book Review and New Media Editor, Community Literacy Journal (August 2014–present).
Contribute to community literacy scholarship by selecting, evaluating, editing, and
managing reviews that provide an insightful and critical evaluation of publications and
topics relevant to the journal’s readership.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2023 “Reflecting on Triggering Content and Images in the Writing Classroom: Imagining
Otherwise.” Conference on Community Writing. Denver, CO. October 12.

2022 “Compassionate or Cruel? Configuring Zones of Optimism in Post-COVID First-Year

Writing.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL.
March 9. [Acceptance rate: 33–38%]

2021 “Reflections on Reframing Students’ Fear of Missing Out: The Role of Writing
Teachers as Transitional Audience Members.” Conference on Community Writing.
The George Washington University, Washington, DC. October 21.

2020 “The Irritation of Doubt and the Possibility of Change: When Inquiry Raises More
Questions Than Answers.” Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Milwaukee, WI. March 27. [Conference cancelled due to COVID-
19]

“Toward Rhetorical Flexibility: Sustaining Student Attention through Style-Based

Pedagogies.” Writing and Well-Being Conference. University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ. January 11.

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2019 “Rhetorical Relics Revisited: An Exploration of Methods to Counter Antifeminist
Activism Against the ERA Past and Present.” Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference.
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. November 15.

“Rhetorical Pedagogies: Centering Local Community Perspectives and Considering

Indignation as a Rhetorical Virtue.” Conference on Community Writing. Drexel
University, Philadelphia, PA. October 19.

2018 “Inducements to Assessment: (Re)inventing Gay Pulp Fiction Audiences.”

Rhetoric Society of America Conference. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
June 3.

“Doing the Labor of Rhet-Comp Outside the Field: Technical Literacies and Paths
Back Home.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kansas City,
MO. March 15.

2017 “Publishing Keyword Essays and Reviews with the Community Literacy Journal”
Roundtable. Conference on Community Writing. University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO. October 20.

“Radical Localism: Cultivating Institutional Literacies for Community Engagement”

Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, OR. March 16.

2016 “Collaborative Problem Solving: Rhetorical Structures for Change.” Rhetoric

Society of America Conference. Atlanta, GA. May 27.

2015 “Chasing Away Teaching Slumps.” Research on Teaching and Learning Summit.
Kennesaw, GA. February 20.

2014 “Breaking through Time in Images and Language: Ekphrastic Leaps in the Here and
Now.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference. San Antonio, TX. May 24.

2013 “Public Rhetorics in 21st Century Pedagogy: TED Talks, Activist Rhetoric
Campaigns, and Rhetorical Education” New Directions in Critical Theory
Conference. Tucson, AZ. April 6.

2012 “Hiding and Seeking Rhetorical Visibility of LGBTQ People at the Smithsonian.”
Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Philadelphia, PA. May 26.

2011 “Drafts that Don’t Get Love: Recircuiting Value in Whole-Class Workshops.”
Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. April 7.

SELECTED SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2023 “Integrating Research in the Writing Classroom.” Invited Guest Speaker, English
92001: Graduate Practicum in Teaching Writing, Professor Erin McLaughlin. March
10.

2022 “Teaching Rebuttal Arguments.” Invited Guest Speaker, English 92001: Graduate
Practicum in Teaching Writing, Professor Erin McLaughlin. March 4.

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2020 “Teaching Writing Online.” Invited Guest Lecture, English 580: Teaching
Composition, Professor Ian Barnard. Chapman University. April 29.

2018 “Writing Book Reviews.” Invited Guest Lecture, English 449: Writing for
Publication, Professor Amanda Fields. Fort Hayes State University. January 26.

RECENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Lower-Division, Undergraduate Courses
Advanced Writing and Rhetoric
Writing and Rhetoric
Notre Dame Explorers, Writing and Rhetoric

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Upper-Division, Undergraduate Courses
Business Writing

Lower-Division, Undergraduate Courses

Composition II
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Graduate Courses
Practicum in the Teaching of First-Year College Writing

Upper-Division, Undergraduate Courses

Intro. to Rhetorical Theory, Inquiry, and Practice (1 service-learning section)
Digital Storytelling and Culture (1 service-learning section)
Theories of New Media

Lower-Division, Undergraduate Courses

Social Media Strategies Across Professions
Collaborating in Online Communities
Advanced Honors Composition (4 service-learning sections)
First-Year Composition: Rhetorical Analysis and Research
Academic Literacy: New Start Summer Bridge Program

ACADEMIC SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
PROFESSIONAL

2023: Stage 1 Reviewer, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

Annual 2024 Convention.

2023, 2019, 2018, 2017: Journal Editor Roundtable Discussion Leader, Conference on
College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Research Network Forum (RNF).

2023, 2021, 2018, 2016, 2015: Discussion Leader, Conference on College Composition and
Communication (CCCC), Research Network Forum (RNF).

2021: Stage 1 Reviewer, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

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 Annual 2022 Convention.

2020: Stage 1 Reviewer, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

Annual 2021 Convention.

2020: Copy Editor, The Community Literacy Journal (Issue 15.1, Fall 2020; Issue 14.2, Spring
2020).

2019: Reviewer, Conference on Community Writing Outstanding Book Award Committee.

2019: Panel Chair, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

“What’s in a Name? Let’s Treat That as a Real Question.” Pittsburgh, PA. March 15.

2018–Pr: Member, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

Community Writing and Public Rhetorics Special Interest Group.

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE

2023, Fall: Reader, Fulbright Award Campus Committee.

2023, Summer: Participant, Kaneb Center Reading Group.

2023, May 21: Marshal for commencement and Usher for Arts and Letters commencement.

2022, Spring: Faculty Mentor, Macy Kerwin, Arts and Letters Enhanced Advising Initiative.

2021, Spring: Invited Participant, Learning Management System (LMS) Pilot.

2019–2020: Invited Participant, National Seed Project (Seeking Educational Equity and
Diversity).

2019, November 22: Invited Speaker, “Facilitating Peer Review Forums.” Notre Dame
Learning, Lunch & Learn Session.

2019, September 6: Panel Moderator, “Telling Our Own Stories.” Notre Dame Diversity and
Inclusion Conference.

2018–Pr: Member, Learning Management Guidance Counsel, LMS subcommittee.

DEPARTMENT

2023, March 27: Co-Leader: “Building Trust in the Writing Classroom.” Teaching of
Writing Conversation Sessions, University Writing Program.

2022–23: Search Committee Member, Assistant Teaching Professor, University

Writing Program.

2022: Committee Member: Gender Studies Marian Mullin Hancock Teaching Award.

2022, October 22: Co-Leader: “Reading in the Writing Classroom.” Teaching of

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 Writing Conversation Sessions, University Writing Program.

2022, April 1: Co-Leader: “Research Beyond the Research Paper.” Teaching of

Writing Conversation Sessions, University Writing Program.

2020, August 3: Invited Speaker, “Stumbling Toward Trauma-Aware and Inclusive

Teaching.” University Writing Program.

2020, March 18: Invited Speaker, “Restructuring Syllabi and Using Sakai Checklists for
Online Teaching.” University Writing Program.

2019–Pr: Reader, McPartlin Award Committee, University Writing Program.

2019-Pr: Reader, Fresh Writing Editorial Board, University Writing Program.

2019–2020: Faculty Mentor, Abigail Burns.

2019, August 20: Invited Talk, “Becoming a Writer: Toward Sentence- and Paragraph-Level
Discovery.” Writing Program Symposium: Teaching Writing in a Post-Truth Era.

2019, March 29: Invited Speaker, “Making Peace with Grading.” University Writing
Program.

COMMUNITY

2023, July–Pr: La Leche Leader, Volunteer peer-to-peer lactation support and education
through series meetings and breastfeeding helpline, La Leche League International.

2022, July 11 and 14: Invited Facilitator, “Writing and Revising Narrative Arguments.”
Tucson-Based Scholar Immersion Program, National Alliance for Catholic Education.

SELECTED AWARDS
2013 Difference and Inequality Teaching Award ($200), University of Arizona Writing
Program.

2012 Excellence in Service-Learning Award ($200), University of Arizona Writing

Program.

2011 Julie Christakis DeFazio Excellence in Teaching Award ($2,500), University of

Arizona Writing Program.

SELECTED ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

2017 “Queer Archival Immersion: Rhetoric, Performance, Pedagogy, and Politics at the
Kinsey Institute” with E. Cram, Charles Morris, Eric Darnell Pritchard, and K.J.
Rawson. Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Summer Institute Seminar. Indiana
University, Bloomington. May 22–25.

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2015 “Whither 'Social Movement' in Rhetorical Studies” with Christina Foust and
Charles Morris. Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Summer Institute Workshop.
University of Wisconsin, Madison. June 5–7.

2013 “Rhetoric Memory Archive Museum” with Michael Bernard-Donals. Rhetoric

Society of America (RSA) Summer Institute Workshop. University of Kansas. June
7–9.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014–2017: Teacher Consultant, Southern Arizona Writing Project (SAWP) Advisory Board,
University of Arizona, co-facilitated scoring conference and professional development
for K-12 and college teachers.

2012–2017: Member, Wildcat Writers Advisory Board, University of Arizona, contributed

to peer-tutor training in high school writing centers and assessed impact of
collaborative high school and college writing exchanges from the perspective of high
school teachers and high student participants.

2015–2016: i3 Grant on Rural Literacy Leadership Committee Member, Southern Arizona

Writing Project, University of Arizona, delivered 90 hours of professional development on
teaching argumentative writing through classroom co-teaching, retreats, workshops, and
mentoring partnerships with high school teachers in Douglas, AZ.

2014–2015: Founder and Coordinator, Bobcat Writers, Early College Literacy Program,
Georgia College and State University, directed outreach program to coordinate writing
partnerships between high school and college students. Observed graduate students at
their assignments in Early College classrooms and offered advice on teaching.

2009–2010: Guest Curator, Curtain Call: Vaudeville Collections, Special Collections, University
of Arizona.

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Coalition on Community Writing (CCW)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Writing Project (NWP)

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